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10 reasons to achieve CHAS accreditation – 0844 3 247 249

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1. The business will become a member of a nationally recognised accreditation scheme.

2. Achieving CHAS registration or accreditation will reduce the time and effort spent duplicating submissions for pre-qualification health and safety questionnaires.

3. CHAS registration will demonstrate to Client organisations a level of compliance with Health and Safety law in terms of competence.

4. It will provide further opportunities to secure new and larger commercial contracts.

5. CHAS Clients registered organisations will have access to your business details creating further business opportunities.

6. Accreditation will help to overcome inconsistency in assessments with some contractors being assessed as compliant by one employer and not another.

7. CHAS accreditation will enable you to be considered for contracts that you would previously not have been considered for.

8. Accreditation will enable the health and safety elements of Construction line applications to be complied with.

9. A standardised process helps improve communication.

10. The CHAS assessment process focuses your business on many areas of your business, allowing for improvement before the CHAS Application Form is submitted.

CHAS registration and accreditation benefits – 0844 3 247 249

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There are many reasons why you may need to be CHAS registered and accredited, but the one compelling reason is that it allows you to work in both the public and private sector.

For instance, a local council will say that we require you to be CHAS qualified to:

  1. Tender for contracts with the local Council or main contractor
  2. Avoid duplication of submitting multiple H&S Questionnaires to clients
  3. Avoid being assessed as compliant by one employer but not another
  4. To be considered for contracts that you previously would not have been shortlisted for
  5. Save time and money for all parties.

The CHAS Assessment Scheme is a non-commercial, government run scheme. CHAS has been developed over quite a number of years by local government health & safety professionals, with the support of the Health and Safety Executive.

The major benefit though is that you are demonstrating that you are a forward thinking company and have systems in place that mark you above your competition. It may also be that the local council has just had a change and now requires its contractors to be CHAS registered. Certainly we have helped several companies become CHAS accredited that have been working for the local council for years, but who now require CHAS accreditation.

The CHAS qualification is also more than just a sticker on your van. People do use the CHAS database to access companies for jobs they need doing. This means they know the people are already CHAS accredited and have been proved capable of doing the work.

Clients from both the public and private sectors use the CHAS Assessment Scheme to make assessments of contractors in this way. One of the benefits to contractors is that by making a successful CHAS application, you can demonstrate to a wide number of potential clients that you achieve or exceed the minimum standards laid down by the CHAS Assessment scheme.

Contractors health and safety assessment scheme

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If you’re a contractor then keeping an excellent health and safety record is vital to your success.

That’s why the Contractors Health and Safety Assessment Scheme (CHAS) offers a great way to publicly acknowledge you work safely and responsibly at all times.

But what exactly do you need to know about the Contractors Health and Safety Assessment Scheme?

Firstly, the assessment is carried out as a desktop assessment meaning no visits to your premises are needed.

However, in order for the Contractors Health and Safety Assessment Scheme to be implemented you need to ensure you supply all supporting documents and evidence needed.

The Contractors Health and Safety Assessment Scheme process is a simple one with assessors doing all they can to advise you on what is needed for compliance.

Don’t panic if you receive an initial failure letter or a request for further information after you have sent all the paperwork in.

The beauty of the Contractors Health and Safety Assessment Scheme means that you will be told what needs to be improved and then, within an agreed timescale, be invited to reapply when everything is sorted.

A fundamental principle of the Contractors Health and Safety Assessment Scheme is to help any supplier improve their safety management if they fail the initial assessment.

On rare occasions, if a supplier’s policy or arrangements are poor, you may be told to seek health and safety advice.

Once you have done this and consulted with an expert you should soon be in a much stronger position to pass the Contractors Health and Safety Assessment Scheme in no time at all.

CHAS Certification

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The Contractors Health & Safety Assessment Scheme (CHAS) started in 2001 with two intentions:

1. To improve health and safety standards across Great Britain
2. To reduce duplicated safety applications for both suppliers and buyers

So what this mean in practice for end users and main contractors working with a CHAS accreditiated company is an assurance that from the moment they start speaking with you about a project all the way through, health and safety has been as important as design and functionality.

Being CHAS certified speeds up the buying process. Everything will be documented and readily available as a resource making the process user friendly and easy.

When it comes to the installation or a design and build project, you can be rest assured that with CHAS registeration:

• You over achieve with health and safety
• Have the experience and resources to carry out the work,
• Have method statements and well thought out risk assessments and references

For additional information on CHAS accreditation

The use of an expert will save you time, money and help to guarantee the chance of gaining accreditation on the first assessment
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